Overview
Plan your playthrough and optimize your achieving experience.
Before you start
Paparazzi is a competitive game that can be played either in single player mode or local multiplayer. To make the most of your playthrough, keep in hand at least one controller + your mouse and keyboard. Below, you’re going to find the suggested order to achieve all 12 achievements as soon as possible. Bear in mind that you are going to boost these with a second player or by controlling both players in the same match at the same time. Some of them are related to the actions performed by the Celebrity (player 1 – joypad controlled) while others are to be performed by the Paparazzi (player 2 – mouse controlled).
Finally, did I mention this is a really fun game?
Achievement guide (in order)
The first thing you want to know is that to make your playthrough fast and organized, player 1 will ALWAYS pick the same Celebrity character. Next, you’ll want to play ONE complete match in each of the six maps without changing the previously mentioned character. Finally, for the first achievement, be fast!
Cheater
Take 5 pictures of the celebrity before the match even starts.
Player 2, the Paparazzi has to be very fast and start clicking the celebrity as soon as the game loads on the screen.
Sharpshooter!
Take more successful pictures than those you miss (Have more than 50% accuracy) AND win the match.
Player 1 can be kind enough to allow player 2 to be very accurate while taking pictures. Player 2 could take half a dozen pictures and wait for the match’s end. That is, IF Player 1 makes an effort not to score a lot. Keep your eyes in the score bar.
Bananaless!
Play a match without hitting a single banana.
Despite winning or losing, the Celebrity player has to be really careful while on the run. Try to stay before the first half of the screen avoiding any bananas on your way to the end of the stage.
Back and Forth!
Play a match where the lead changes 10 or more times.
This achievement can be obtained in the same run as the previous one. At the end of the stage, have Player 1 not to enter the limo. Coordinate your actions with Player 2 and cause more than 10 changes in lead. For instance, the Paparazzi could click once, win the lead, and then click away from the celebrity a few times until the celebrity starts leading. Take a proper picture again, see that the Paparazzi starts winning, and again click away from the Celebrity. Repeat this until the lead changes at least 10 times.
Dashing!
Dash 300 times in one level.
This is another achievement that can be obtained in the first run. Player 1, the Celebrity, has to excessively press the Dash button (A button in the Xbox controller). Do it while you run through the level or do it in front of the limo in the end of the stage.
Zing!
Pass through the same pair of trap doors three times.
Easily done on stage 1. However, traps for each stage may appear at random. If trap holes don’t show up while playing stage one, please retry until you find then. And when you do, walk through them three times as fast as possible, before they are “swallowed” by the “SNES” moving screen.
Smashing!
Smash the Pringo Dingo ice sculpture.
This is done exclusevely in level 5, The Wealthington Ball. When you find the sculpture, walk through it in vertical motion a few times until you destroy it.
Not So Fast!
Take 5 pictures of the celebrity while they’re using the fire drink powerup.
Fasten your eyes upon your target, Paparazzi! When the Celebrity drinks the fire drink powerup, he/she/it becomes very fast and difficult to control, so that the controlling player may only attempt to slightly restrain the character’s movements.
Supersight!
Take 5 pictures of the celebrity while they’re using the invisibility potion.
It may require some extra attention from the Paparazzi player when the stage is crowded. It’s easier if Player 1 quickly places the Celebrity in a large open area for the Paparazzi (Player 2) to quickly spot and click him for at least 5 times.
Energized!
While using the fire drink powerup, get a decoy powerup.
This one shall come when you are naturally playing through the six stages in a row. The fire drink powerup and the decoy powerup will often appear near one another on the same screen. Do your best to get the second powerup while the effects of the first are still running.
Always Undercover!
Spend less than 15 seconds out of cover on a single level.
Pick a level that is designed with a profusion of buildings, monuments and large constructions in general. The Celebrity character should remain behind the aforementioned constructions as much as possible, advancing through the stage only when really needed. Avoid staying out of cover, avoid staying in sight. Manage to stay in the open for less than 15 seconds in the whole duration of the level, and the achievement is yours at the end.
Marathon!
Play all 6 levels with one character in one sitting.
Regardless of who wins and who loses each match, have fun to play the six available levels in sucession before closing the game. BE SURE to always pick the same celebrity character, though.
Final notes
This guide is still under construction (v 0.9). Further achievement details will soon follow, along with language and content corrections and layout changes.
Special thanks to Marina for buying us the game.